Health Services Research, Policy and Administration (HSRP&A), PhDAbout meArea of Emphasis: Health Decision Sciences Advisor: Karen M. Kuntz, Sc.D. Co-Advisor: Eva Enns, Ph.D. Research Interests: Decision-analytic modeling, Bayesian methods for statistical inference and cost-effectiveness analysis, value of information (VOI), health technology assessment, infectious and chronic disease mathematical modeling, and model estimation and calibration. Bio: I'm a PhD candidate and a Fulbright scholar at University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management. I currently work a Graduate Research Assistant on the CISNET2 project: Modeling Effective Health Policies for Colorectal Cancer, and the CERVICCS project: comparative effectiveness to define the reasonable range of options for cervical cancer screening (CERVICCS) I hold a bachelors' degree in Biomedical Engineering form the Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM) and a master's degree in Economics from the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), both in Mexico City. During 2009-2012 I was researcher and adjunct professor in Health Economics at the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) in Cuernavaca, Mexico, working with large datasets on modeling, cost-effectiveness analysis, and quantitative evaluation of health interventions and social programs. My background in engineering and economics places me in a great position to develop and apply integrated methods of mathematical modeling in decision and cost-effectiveness analysis. Presentations at research/academic meetings and seminars:
Publications:
Jalal H, Alarid-Escudero F. A Gaussian Approximation Approach for Value of Information Analysis. Medical Decision Making (forthcoming), 2017. Alarid-Escudero, F., Blaes, A., and Kuntz, K.M. “Trade-offs Between Efficacyand Cardiac Toxicity of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Early-Stage Breast CancerPatients: Do Competing Risks Matter?.” The Breast Journal (online fist), 2017.
Jalal H, Pechlivanoglou P, Krijkamp E, Alarid-Escudero F, Enns EA, Hunink, MGM. "An Overview of R in Health Decision Sciences." Medial Decision Making (online first), 2017. Drake, C., Higuera, L., Alarid-Escudero, F, Feldman, R. “A Kinked Health Insurance Market: Employer-Sponsored Insurance under the Cadillac Tax” 2016. American Journal of Health Economics, 2017;3(4). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2925303 Kozhimannil, K.B., Hardeman, R.R., Alarid-Escudero, F., Vogelsang, C., Blauer- Peterson, C., Howell, E.A. “Modeling the cost effectiveness of doulacare for reducing preterm birth and cesarean delivery”, Birth, 2016;43(1):20-7. Alarid-Escudero F, Kuntz KM: Estimating relative survival for screen- and symptom-detected colorectal cancer patients, in The 19th Minnesota Health Services Research Conference, St. Paul, MN, 2015 Alarid-Escudero F, Enns E , Maclehose R, Kuntz KM: Calibration of piecewise Markov models using a Bayesian change-point analysis through an iterative convex optimization algorithm, in The 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. Miami, FL, SMDM, 2014, p E102 [Lee B. Lusted student award winner] Alarid-Escudero F, Kuntz KM: Potential bias associated with modeling the effectiveness of treatment using an overall hazard ratio, in The 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. Miami, FL, SMDM, 2014, p E103 [Lee B. Lusted student award finalist] Alarid-Escudero F, Blaes A, Kuntz KM: Trade-offs between efficacy and cardiac toxicity of adjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage breast cancer patients. Do Competing risks matter?, in Academy Health, San Diego, CA, 2014 Alarid-Escudero F, Blaes A, Kuntz KM: Trade-offs between efficacy and cardiac toxicity of adjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage breast cancer patients. Do Competing risks matter?, in The 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. Baltimore, MD, SMDM, 2013, p E65 [Lee B. Lusted student award finalist] Alarid-Escudero F, Sosa-Rubí SG, Fernández B, Galárraga, O: Cost-benefit analysis: HIV/AIDS prevention in migrants in Central America. Salud Publica Mex 55:S23–S30, 2013 Angeles G, Gutierrez JP, Alarid-Escudero F: Evaluación Externa del Programa Oportunidades 2010 en Zonas Urbanas (2002-2009): Efectos de Oportunidades en Salud y Nutrición (ed 1st). Mexico City, Secretaría de Desarrollo Social, 2011 Alarid-Escudero F, Solís-Escalante T, Melgar E, et al: Registro de señales de EEG para aplicaciones de Interfaz Cerebro Computadora (ICC) basado en Potenciales Evocados Visuales de Estado Estacionario (PEVEE), in Mueller-Karger C, Wong S, Cruz A La (eds): CLAIB 2007, IFMBE Proceedings 18. Margarita Island, Venezuela, Springerlink, 2007, pp 87–90 Professional Activities:I am a professional member of the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) and a member of the Career Development Committee. Additional Material: R Tutorial for short course at SMDM 2014 Spectral decomposition of transition matrices Useful Resources: Create your own QR code Templates to create a poster in LaTeX using Beamer LinkedIn website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandoalarid Contact: alari006[at]umn[dot]edu Most up to date CV: Fernando Alarid-Escudero CV |
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